merchant banking — merchant bank UK US noun [C] ► BANKING a bank that does business with large companies and governments, providing them with finance and with advice relating especially to shares, bonds, etc. and takeovers (= occasions when one company buys… … Financial and business terms

merchant bank — noun count a bank that provides financial services to companies, not people ╾ ,merchant banker noun count ╾ ,merchant banking noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

BANKING AND BANKERS — Antiquity There is little likelihood that financial transactions played a prominent role in the pre Exilic epoch in Ereẓ Israel; according to the ethos of Jewish society, then founded on a pronounced agrarian structure, lending was part of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism

Merchant bank — A British term for a bank that specializes not in lending out its own funds, but in providing various financial services such as accepting bills arising out of trade, underwriting new issues, and providing advice on acquisitions, mergers, foreign … Financial and business terms